A payment arrangement in which the physician decides a patient will be billed every month for the full amount owed and should make whatever payment is possible each month is a(n) ________.

A. unilateral agreement
B. hardship agreement
C. open-book account
D. mutual agreement
E. written-contract agreement


Answer: A

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